EP1282102A2 - Panneau d'affichage électroluminescent - Google Patents

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EP1282102A2
EP1282102A2 EP02077959A EP02077959A EP1282102A2 EP 1282102 A2 EP1282102 A2 EP 1282102A2 EP 02077959 A EP02077959 A EP 02077959A EP 02077959 A EP02077959 A EP 02077959A EP 1282102 A2 EP1282102 A2 EP 1282102A2
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Ronald S. c/o Eastman Kodak Company Cok
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    • G09G2360/14—Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors
    • G09G2360/145—Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors the light originating from the display screen
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  • the present invention relates to light emitting flat-panel displays, and more particularly to means for signaling the remaining useful life of such displays.
  • Emissive flat-panel display devices are widely used in conjunction with computing devices and in particular with portable devices. Over time, the efficiency and effectiveness of the displays change and the quality of the displays, particularly for sensitive applications such as imaging, declines. This decrease in quality can be due to changes in the materials comprising the display, degradation in electronic components, and the like.
  • organic light emitting diode (OLED) display devices suffer from changes in the organic light emitting materials within the display.
  • the changes affect the efficiency and brightness of the display.
  • These changes may also be color dependent, that is, the changes affect the different colors in the display device in different ways so that over time not only does the power efficiency of the display device decrease but the color balance changes. These changes result in an inferior display with poor image and color rendition.
  • Imaging applications are critical, that is, they cannot be allowed to fail. For example, some applications within the military and medical fields fall into this critical category. Moreover, within large systems, regular maintenance is often used to replace components, such as display devices, at fixed intervals whether or not the device is about to fail. Unnecessary replacement wastes resources. To address these concerns, some imaging systems, such as white-light projectors, utilizing radiation sources measure the time that the radiation source is turned on. Comparing this measurement to known life times allows a system to recommend maintenance or replacement. However, this approach is not useful for displays with light emitting elements and variable display content since the degradation of the light emitting elements is dependent on the exercise of each element.
  • a light emitting flat-panel display that includes a plurality of light emitting diodes; a sensor for sensing the light output of at least one of the light emitting diodes to produce a light output signal; and a display controller responsive to the light output signal for producing a signal representing the remaining useful life of the display.
  • the display is an organic light emitting diode display.
  • the present invention has the advantage that it reduces the life-cycle costs and improves the reliability of an emissive flat-panel display device.
  • Flat-panel display devices degrade over time as they are used.
  • the light emitting or controlling materials become less effective and accurate, resulting in a loss of brightness and accuracy in color rendition.
  • the present invention provides a system wherein a detector supplies a light output signal to a controller.
  • the controller processes the light output signal and calculates an estimated lifetime for the display device. This estimated lifetime may be made accessible to an external system or the controller may signal an external system when particular display device lifetime parameters are met.
  • a flat-panel display system 10 includes a flat-panel display 12 with light emitting diodes 14 , a display controller 18 includes a storage device 20 , a sensor 24 (such as a photo diode) to produce a light output signal, and produces a signal 28 representing the remaining useful life of the display.
  • the controller 18 signals the light emitting diode 14 to produce a desired light output value.
  • the sensor 24 detects the light emitted by the light emitting diode 14 in the display and provides this information to the controller 18 .
  • the controller 18 calculates an estimate of the lifetime of the display by comparing the light output value to the desired value originally sent to the display element by extrapolating the comparison according to known degradation rates. This estimate is stored in the storage device 20.
  • This storage device may be accessible from an external system using traditional read and write signals 22 applied to the storage device 20 . Alternatively, when a particular lifetime parameter is exceeded, the controller may signal an external system with the signal 28.
  • the controller first signals 40 a light emitting diode to produce a desired light output value.
  • the light emitting diode emits 42 an amount of light in response to the signal.
  • the sensor detects 44 the emitted light and provides 46 a light output signal to the controller.
  • the controller compares 48 the light output signal to the desired light output value and calculates 50 an estimate of the remaining lifetime of the display.
  • the estimate is stored 52 in the memory device and is available for access 54 by an external system (not shown). Alternatively, when the estimate of the remaining useful lifetime is zero 56 , the controller generates 58 a signal that is supplied to an external system (not shown).
  • the sensor 24 and controller 18 can be integrated on a common substrate or contained within a common package with the display 12 .
  • the sensor and/or controller may be implemented externally to the display on a separate integrated circuit or printed circuit board as was shown in Fig. 1.
  • the display device is an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display which is composed of small molecule polymeric OLEDs as disclosed in but not limited to US Patent 4,769,292, issued September 6, 1988 to Tang et al., and US Patent 5,061,569, issued October 29, 1991 to VanSlyke et al. Many combinations and variations of organic light emitting displays can be used to fabricate such a device.
  • OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
  • a graph 60 of the efficiency of an OLED display vs. time used is shown.
  • the graph can be generated empirically by measuring the decrease in efficiency of a number of diodes over time and averaging the results.
  • the remaining useful life of an OLED display can be calculated, for example, by taking the ratio of the signal S from the sensor with an expected signal S N that would be produced if the display was new to produce an efficiency value E.
  • a predetermined threshold 62 e.g. 50%
  • the display is said to have reached the end of its useful life (EOL).
  • the remaining useful life of the display is calculated using the efficiency function 60 .
  • the remaining useful life ⁇ t is the difference between the measured efficiency 64 and the threshold efficiency 62 .

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